Knack will allow students to offer tutoring services for specific classes. New College is in a unique position when it comes to campus tutoring services. The small enrollment size coupled with student-employed services like the Student Success Center (SSC), the Quantitative Resource Center (QRC) and…
The Spring 2020 semester’s postponed election has finally begun, with the petition process starting on Aug. 31. Candidates will petition on the forum in order to get their name on the Sept. 11 ballot. There are currently 28 positions available. This year’s emergency election will…
The fitness center’s pool has a brand new look after its renovation was completed in Spring 2020. Construction finished up in early April and the total cost of the project, paid with the Capital Improvement Trust Fund (CITF), was around $200,000. The renovation should last…
Emails are an essential part of life as a New College student, from talking with professors to engaging with other students on the forum. Since 2012, New College student emails have included the student’s year of entry, which served to define cohorts and instilled a…
By Anna Lynn Winfrey and Sergio Salinas In an email sent to staff and faculty on the evening of Sept. 1, 2020, President Donal O’Shea announced that Provost Barbara Feldman has "vacated her position." Associate Provost Suzanne Sherman will serve as acting provost until a replacement…
As students evacuated campus this March in response to the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus, many were forced to leave behind nonessential items, such as furniture, decorations and dishware, knowing that as soon as the situation allowed, they would be able to return and finish packing…
On Tuesday, March 17, the New College administration made the rapid decision to close residence halls and transition to virtual learning for the remainder of the spring semester at the behest of Florida’s Board of Governors. This decision marked a sharp departure from previous plans…
Library staff have taken measures in the past two weeks to restructure various library services to function virtually and keep the Jane Bancroft Library open and running during the COVID-19 crisis. Dean of the Library Brian Doherty has instituted a visitation-by-appointment system, waived all library…
The easiest thing to judge a college on are the quantitative facts—how expensive it is, the student to faculty ratio, how much money is spent per student, etc. However, not everything can be neatly summed up in a simple statistic. An important element of any…
Residential campus, from the typically busy and bustling Hamilton Center to the farthest reaches of Dort and Goldstein, was dead silent on the morning of Saturday Feb. 29—a clear indication that this semester’s highly anticipated Bacchanal Palm Court Party (PCP) was a major success. Friday…
